Italy's Arianna Valcepina falls during the women's 500 m qualifying race at the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Gdansk, Poland, 16 February 2024. (Photo by Adam Warzawa/EPA)

An elephant mahout (trainer) lies on his elephant his feet resting on its ears as it rests and eats prior to opening day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. The annual charity tournament runs until 31 August and involves 51 elephants who normally live on the streets and are used for begging. Sixteen competing elephant polo teams from 40 different nations take part in the charity event directed at raising funds to improve the lives of the elephants and elephant conservation in general. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

Kharkiv is Ukraine's second-largest city, and as in the whole country sports are taken seriously. The most popular sport is football. In 2012 in Kharkiv will pass European Football Championship.

Youths play football in a flooded field following rain in Jantho, Aceh province on November 24, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)

An Oakland Raiders cheerleader performs during an NFL preseason football game against the Detroit Lions in Oakland, Calif., Friday, August 15, 2014. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)

Navy midshipmen celebrate a Navy touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, December 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. Navy won 31-7. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt (90) is introduced before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Pittsburgh, Sunday, November 14, 2021. (Photo by Don Wright/AP Photo)

Fans of American football gathered at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to watch the Jacksonville Jaguars win against the Buffalo Bills 25-20 in the NFL on October 08, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Tarry/The Times)